On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 01:41:49PM +0100, Francesco Scaglioni wrote:
> Hello and hopefully thanks,
>
> I have been using lyx 'as is' for a little while - it is excellent. I
> decided to explore inserting characters in tex mode eg \gamma and
> \beta etc etc. If I enter tex mode then type either \gamma or gamma
> the text is highlighted in red ( as the docs predict ) then when I
> attempt to view the ps one of two things happens:
>
> \gamma - results in an error message (There were two errors in the
> latex run) and the error symbol appears twice before the \gamma
You can only use the \gamma command in math mode.
So what you need to do is type C-m and then \gamma and then space,
and lyx will show you the gamma symbol on screen.
A nice shortcut for greek symbols is to use M-m g <letter>,
for example 'M-m g g' for gamma.
